Another two days passed.
At Yamaguchi Saki’s home.
After comforting Yamaguchi Saki for a while, Kanazawa Maki sent her off to sleep.
It was already dark, but Kanazawa Maki really couldn’t sleep.
The recent incident had blown up. After all, Aidagawa had killed so many people in a row; it was no small matter. The internet was in an uproar, which was quite a headache.
If this were just an incident involving ordinary people, she wouldn’t be so troubled, but it happened to involve reincarnators — it had been confirmed that Aidagawa was a reincarnator.
As the strongest reincarnator of the official organization in Natsuki City, Kanazawa Maki naturally assumed full responsibility for this matter. Until Aidagawa was caught, her headache would persist.
‘Seriously, I’m clearly from the Reincarnator Forum, not directly under the Sakura Association. Why do I have to be in charge of this? Sigh.’
Kanazawa Maki sighed inwardly.
The Sakura Association was the official reincarnator organization of this country; both the Reincarnator Forum and Deep Sea Prison were subordinate to it.
Opening her smartphone and browsing online, Kanazawa Maki found that the matter was even bigger than she had imagined. Such a huge uproar was not a good thing; she had to find a way to suppress it.
But what exactly should she do?
After pondering for a while, Kanazawa Maki gradually came up with some ideas.
She made a phone call.
“Ms. Kanazawa.” The other party answered quickly, greeting her politely, then asked, “What can I do for you?”
“I recall that there’s a top-tier actor named Asou Taichi who is very popular domestically, right?” Kanazawa Maki asked.
“Yes.” The other party said.
“I vaguely remember that we have some scandal on Asou Taichi, don’t we?” Kanazawa Maki asked after thinking.
She didn’t remember this clearly, as it was a matter concerning ordinary people. If he weren’t a top-tier actor, she might not have thought of it.
“Yes.” Her subordinate confirmed.
Now that it was confirmed, Kanazawa Maki immediately instructed, “Alright, arrange for someone to publicize Asou Taichi’s scandal, to draw the internet’s attention.”
The subordinate was shocked. “Ms. Kanazawa, are we really doing this?”
“Of course.” Kanazawa Maki said calmly. “Only this can divert others’ attention; otherwise, the operation to capture Aidagawa will likely be difficult. As for whether Asou Taichi gets unlucky in this, that’s not our concern. Who asked him to philander and be so fond of casual flings?”
……
Shortly after, a big piece of news broke online.
Multiple private photos of the nation’s top male actor Asou Taichi began circulating online. In each photo, he was embracing a different girl, with varying styles — some underage and some around forty — a true catch-all of all ages.
As soon as these photos appeared, they caused a huge uproar.
After all, although Asou Taichi was nearly forty, his acting career was still at its peak, and he coincidentally had a popular TV drama airing recently, so he was already under immense scrutiny.
The photos weren’t the end. An hour after the photos spread and rumors ran rampant, related videos also leaked.
The videos showed Asou Taichi leading four alluring women into his villa, his words flirtatious, and indicating that tonight he would engage in group activities with the four women — a stark contrast to his on-screen image.
Everyone who saw this news was dumbfounded; no one expected Asou Taichi to be such a licentious fellow.
In an instant, attention on the Yamaguchi Saki and Aidagawa incident indeed diminished.
……
That very night, Asou Taichi was awakened.
This man with red hair and red eyes remained extremely charming even in middle age. However, this charismatic man’s expression was now very unpleasant.
“What did you say? My affair with Eri has been exposed? What? And Maria too? And Sakurako? And Onno?” A string of female names came from Asou Taichi’s mouth, looking extremely astonished.
He really hadn’t expected these things of his to be exposed, but who exactly had done it?
After hanging up, Asou Taichi went online and saw that there was already a flood of condemnatory comments about him.
“Geez, there are only fifty-some women I have relationships with.”
Asou Taichi muttered discontentedly, very much wanting to post a message saying that everything was consensual, that he had forced no one.
But before Asou Taichi could do anything, his bedroom door was suddenly kicked open.
Startled by this, Asou Taichi looked up and stood up indignantly. “What are you doing? Trying to scare me to death?”
“How could someone with a clear conscience be scared?” the other party sneered. She had long red hair cascading down, wearing pajamas, looking as if she had been about to sleep.
“Normal people would be startled, what does that have to do with a guilty conscience?” Asou Taichi retorted loudly.
“So, you admit you have a guilty conscience? Hmph, it’s only been five years since Mom passed, and you’ve been philandering so much, and you tried to hide it from me. Do you think I’m an idiot? Hmph, now your deeds are exposed online. Serves you right!” the young woman with long red hair said coldly.
Hearing this, Asou Taichi’s eyes widened abruptly. “Ryouko, was it you who exposed me?”
Asou Ryouko spat, “I don’t have the mood to expose you. But you deserve being exposed anyway, since you go around chasing women, you’re no good.”
Asou Taichi said somewhat angrily, “You have the nerve to talk about me? Is your situation any better? Don’t think I don’t know — you’re a yankee now, always hanging out with other yankees, and they call you Ane-go!”
Ane-go Asou Ryouko said contemptuously, “Still better than you. I suggest you pay less attention to my affairs and mind your own business. The internet is already flooded with things about you; let’s see how you handle it.”
Asou Taichi’s face twitched involuntarily.
His own matters were indeed a big problem.
“I’ll be waiting to see the joke. Good luck.” Ane-go jeered, then turned and walked out of the room.
Asou Taichi clenched his fists and said fiercely, “I don’t know who exposed my scandal, but how could this stump me? Now my affair has blown up too much, and every eye is on me. The first thing I need to do is find a way to reduce the attention and divert everyone’s focus. Hmph, I happen to know some dirty secrets about some people. Don’t blame me; if you must blame something, blame people nowadays for loving to watch a spectacle too much.”
